Month: April 2025

Bat-maker says the torpedo is ‘here to stay’ — and expects half of MLB players to use them

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Bat-maker says the torpedo is ‘here to stay’ — and expects half of MLB players to use them

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

The extraordinary torpedo bats that have taken MLB by storm may be headed toward being completely ordinary....

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Giancarlo Stanton won’t blame injury on torpedo bat as he takes step toward Yankees return

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Giancarlo Stanton won’t blame injury on torpedo bat as he takes step toward Yankees return

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

Giancarlo Stanton is getting closer to a return from the tennis elbows he’s been dealing with since...

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Teens are losing their minds over college rejections. We need to give them some perspective.

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Teens are losing their minds over college rejections. We need to give them some perspective.

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

College admissions decisions are pushing kids off the deep end. Of the 1.2 million kids who applied...

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Mayor Adams calls on Albany to act as budget stalls: Some lawmakers ‘don’t believe’ NYC has ‘recidivism problem’

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Mayor Adams calls on Albany to act as budget stalls: Some lawmakers ‘don’t believe’ NYC has ‘recidivism problem’

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams implored Albany pols Tuesday to finally make changes to discovery laws and involuntary commitment...

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna defeats GOP effort to block proxy voting for new moms and dads in blow to Speaker Johnson

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna defeats GOP effort to block proxy voting for new moms and dads in blow to Speaker Johnson

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers...

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‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi spars with Biden’s disinfo czar in censorship hearing: ‘We don’t need a truth squad’

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‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi spars with Biden’s disinfo czar in censorship hearing: ‘We don’t need a truth squad’

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

WASHINGTON — “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi sparred with former President Joe Biden’s onetime “disinformation czar” Nina...

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Uber rider with children hurt in NYC crash that killed mom, young girls recalls horror: ‘I thought they were my kids’

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Uber rider with children hurt in NYC crash that killed mom, young girls recalls horror: ‘I thought they were my kids’

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

A Brooklyn mom who was with her kids in an Uber struck by a speeding wigmaker in...

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Trump to consider final TikTok proposal Wednesday, sources say

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Trump to consider final TikTok proposal Wednesday, sources say

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

Sen. Cotton on China, TikTok Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on China, TikTok and the risks he sees...

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Micah Parsons, Jerry Jones at odds over ‘backdoor’ contract negotiations

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Micah Parsons, Jerry Jones at odds over ‘backdoor’ contract negotiations

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

Even in Jerry World, Micah Parsons wants nothing to do with a back-alley deal for a new...

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Costa Rica resort denies ex-Yankee Brett Gardner’s son died of carbon monoxide: ‘Levels in the hotel room were non-existent’

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Costa Rica resort denies ex-Yankee Brett Gardner’s son died of carbon monoxide: ‘Levels in the hotel room were non-existent’

Stephen Collopy April 1, 2025

The resort where the teen son of Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner was found dead has reportedly blocked...

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